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Davern, Kenny

LC control no.n 84167467
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LC classificationML419.D386 M49 2010
Personal name headingDavern, Kenny
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Variant(s)Davern, John Kenneth
Birth date1935-01-07
Death date2006-12-12
Place of birthHuntington (N.Y.)
Place of deathBernalillo County (N.M.)
Field of activityJazz Dixieland music
Profession or occupationClarinetists Saxophonists Jazz musicians
Found inData from Indiana Univ. A-V Center for After hours with Art Hodes, featuring Kenny Davern [VR] 1983 (Kenny Davern; clarinetist)
New Grove dict. of jazz (Davern, Kenny (John Kenneth); b. Jan. 7, 1935, Huntington, NY; clarinetist and saxophonist)
New York times WWW site, Dec. 14, 2006 (Kenny Davern; b. John Kenneth Davern, Jan. 7, 1935, Huntington, N.Y.; d. Tuesday [Dec. 12, 2006], Sandia Park, N.M., aged 71; radically traditional jazz clarinetist and soprano saxophonist whose liquid tones linked him to the classical sound of New Orleans but who could also play free jazz)